▲ Kenshi Okada, who applied for termination of his contract on appeal but eventually settled with the firm
(ZENA/Translation) It has been five months since Japanese actor Kenshi Okada (22 years old) decided to appeal for the termination of his exclusive contract with his firm and filed it in court. On August 31, the firm issued a statement saying that the incident ended in the form of a settlement between the two sides.
Okada's appeal in this case was to terminate the exclusive contract with the firm and be able to perform performing arts activities under his real name. After the incident, various media have reported on his "independent lawsuit", both media said that "Okada with a very low performance fee can not choose his own job, signed a 'slave contract' with the office", have been accountable to the office; some media said that "Okada since the work received attention, the attitude at the shooting site has changed", pointing out Okada's work attitude is rude.
According to the statement released by the firm, the lawsuit was finally settled in the form of Okada's withdrawal of the lawsuit, so it is clear that Okada lost the lawsuit. Therefore, Okada will continue to maintain the contractual relationship with the Company until March 31, 2023 in accordance with the contract signed with the Company at the beginning, and he will continue to perform performing arts activities under the name "Kenshi Okada" during the contract period.
The following is the full text of the statement issued by the firm and Okada himself:
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"Statement on the Settlement of the Legal Dispute Between the Company and its Artists"
Thank you for your continued concern and love for our company.
On April 1, 2021, Kenshi Okada, an artist under the Company, pointed out based on the Employment Contract Law that the obligations in the artist-only contract he signed with the Company were not legal obligations that Party B should perform and were submitted to the court for trial. This incident has been successfully concluded today in the form of a settlement between the two sides, and I would like to make a statement to you here. Kenshi Okada himself agrees that the contract shall have legal effect for the period of validity stipulated in the contract. At the same time, neither the Company nor Kenshi Okada made any changes to the contract.
In summary, Kenshi Okada will continue to perform under the name of "Kenshi Okada" as an artist of the Company until the contract expires on March 31, 2023. In the future, I hope that you will be able to support and pay more attention to it.
August 31, 2021
Sweet Power Co., Ltd.
To all those who support me:
Thank you all for your continued support.
In the future, I will continue to do my best as always.
I also hope that you will continue to support me.
Takeshi Koda